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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 5, 2001
Budget $2,686,585
Running Time
1 hour, 49 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
John Ford Productions, Paramount Pictures
Studio Paramount
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Other Titles
• Donovan's Reef (1963)
• Tre della croce del Sud, I (1963)
• Die Hafenkneipe von Tahiti (1963)
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Genre: Action, Romance, Comedy, Kidnapping, Love, Christmas
Plot: The hilarious DONOVAN'S REEF, one of John Ford's rare but memorable forays into comedy, is set on the South Sea island of Haleakoloha, where two navy buddies have decided to stay after World War II. Michael "Guns" Donovan (John Wayne) and Aloysius "Boats" Gilhooley (Lee Marvin), who like to celebrate their mutual birthday every year by trying to beat the hell out of each other, are enacting the ritual in Guns's bar, Donovan's Reef. Dr. William Dedham (Jack Warden), scion of a wealthy family and another societal dropout, breaks up the fight after an appropriate amount of damage has been done. He soon learns that his very proper daughter, Amelia (Elizabeth Allen), is about to arrive from Boston, unaware that he's had three children by a Polynesian princess. Dedham persuades Guns to pretend to be the father of his kids during the visit in order to be spared Amelia's wrath. While Dedham's daughter is initially put off by the juvenile antics of Donovan's crew, the tavern owner's feelings toward her are far more positive. After she beats him in a swimming competition, she begins to see his appeal. Filmed in Kauai, Hawaii, this entertaining family-oriented comedy is stoked with broad physical gags and the inspired tomfoolery of the cast. The most notable performance belongs to Wayne,
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| Directed by |
John Ford
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Searchers, The Grapes of Wrath |
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| Written by |
Edmund Beloin
The Harvey Girls, G.I. Blues, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | |
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| Cast |
John Wayne
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Searchers, The Quiet Man |
 | Lee Marvin
The Dirty Dozen, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Caine Mutiny |
 | Dorothy Lamour
Creepshow 2, The Greatest Show on Earth, Road to Morocco |
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12 Angry Men, While You Were Sleeping, All the President's Men | Cesar Romero
The Thin Man, Ocean's Eleven, Around the World in Eighty Days | Dick Foran
Fort Apache, The Petrified Forest, My Little Chickadee | |
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| Music By |
Cyril J. Mockridge
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Miracle on 34th Street, My Darling Clementine |
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